Global warming, environmental pollution, and an energy shortage in the current fossil fuel
society may cause a severe ecological crisis. Storage and conversion of renewable …

Biomass, which is derived from abundant renewable resources, is a promising alternative to
fossil-fuel-based carbon materials for building a green and sustainable society. Biomass …

Cleaner and sustainable water production lead to the development of environmentally
friendly adsorbent materials for energy-efficient, cost-effective, and cleaner water production …

This review explores two areas: firstly, the production of biochars from an array of different
woody and non-woody waste biomass through pyrolysis and its physical-chemical …

Fuel cells are under development for a range of applications for transport, stationary and
portable power appliances. Fuel cell technology has advanced to the stage where …

A direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) can produce electricity with both superior electrical
efficiency and fuel utilisation compared to all other types of fuel cells. Although the first …

Conversion of carbonaceous solid fuels in carbon fuel cells (CFC) especially those that
operated at moderately elevated temperatures is of great interest as concerns about the …

Direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells (DC-SOFCs) are promising energy-conversion devices
that can directly convert the chemical energy of carbon into electricity with high efficiency …

With a drastic increase in population growth, energy consumption has increased
unprecedentedly. The exploitation of fossil fuels, for energy supply, has led to its …

In this paper, the current status of direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) technology has been
reviewed. Recent promising advances in the design of fuel cells has resulted in a reprisal of …